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Archive for December, 2011

Noir and Chick Flicks: It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947).

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947). Comedy, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Don DeFore and Gale Storm. The film received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Story. On New York City’s Fifth Avenue, a tour bus guide points out the boarded-up townhouse of Michael O’Connor, the world’s [...]

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Noir and Chick Flicks: Funny scene from the musical: The Great …

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Johann and Carla drive through the Vienna Woods and Johann is inspired by the sounds of the forest to compose a tune, which he and Carla joyously sing. Please click here to read The great waltz(1938 )movie review.

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THE RUSH LOG – "MILDRED PIERCE" (2011) Review

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Due to the film's success and lasting popularity, many fans and critics viewed it as a definitive adaptation of one of Cain's works. … After rejecting jobs as housemaid to the future wife of a Hollywood director and waitress at a tea parlor, the realities of the Depression finally leads a desperate Mildred to take [...]

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Classic Film and TV Cafe: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

There are few films from the 1930s that I like more than My Man Godfrey (1936).  Screwball comedies are a particular favorite of mine, and this is one of the best ever made.  It is a film filled with memorable characters and lines.  In addition, it has a bit of a serious side, touching on [...]

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Noir and Chick Flicks: This Week On N and CF.

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

TCM’s star of the month for January: Angela Lansbury. (born 16 October 1925) is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades. Her first film performance was in the film Gaslight (1944) as a conniving maid, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Among her [...]

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The Wizard of Oz (1939) | The Film Spectrum

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

As for the Cowardly Lion (and Zeke), MGM cast comic stage actor Bert Lahr. His performance is instantly immitable, lending that signature New York accent to lines like, “I’ll fight you with one hand tied behind my back! I’ll fight on you one foot! I’ll fight you with my eyes closed!” He’s the ultimate scaredy cat, best on [...]

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SONAKSHI SINHA Bio HOT SEXY Profile Movies List Family …

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Bollywood Actress Sonakshi Sinha Informative Profile sonakshi sinha Hot Sexy bio Profile Great Fans of Sonakshi Sinha are intersted to See her Hot Sexy Profile, Biography, Her works, Marriage, Childhood, Family Photos of her. Here is the Interesting Information and Hot Sexy Profile of Sonakshi Sinha. READ about her [...]

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Noir and Chick Flicks: Pawsome Pet Pictures: Ginger Rogers.

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

N and CF sources : Pictures from: Doctor Macro. Bing Images.com Fun Facts from: IMDb TCM All photos used here on N and CF are, to my knowledge, in the public domain. Any photos that are copyrighted, will be removed on request of the owner. Thanks.

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Noir and Chick Flicks: Cheetah, a chimpanzee who performed in the …

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Cheetah-Mike, a chimpanzee said to have performed in the “Tarzan” films of the 1930s, has died at the age of 80, of kidney failure on December 24, 2011. according to the Florida sanctuary where he lived. The average life span of a wild chimpanzee is around 45 years. Cheetah was said to have performed in [...]

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